[cryptome] Re: Netanyahu and Likud could lose election

Doug,
Pardon the brevity; I am mobile at the moment.
Blocking the nasties: You might also have a look at NoScript and AdBlock Edge.

You do realize it's possible to dual boot Linux and Windoze on the same
laptop? It is not difficult to do. If you need a new laptop anyway, go
for it, but you can still dual boot on the present one in the meantime.

It'll likely arrive from NSA/GHCQ Direct no matter where you buy it anyway;
they should just open a web store and save us the trouble. Heh.

Btw, I could not tell which OS you were using by the tracking link. I just
remembered reading that you'd been using Ubuntu.

Hi Shelley,
Tx for putting me right...I will try to do better...:-).
I wouldn't like to be responsible for any of our colleagues being tracked by
the "big yins"... :-). By the way, Google analytics are slightly out of
date, but don't tell them, will you... I am using Win 7 at the moment. And,
just to confirm, I went to the website of the Times of Israel, via clicking
on a link via an email subscription I have. They must have a digifile 3
terabytes long and 2 terabytes wide by now. Utah will be getting filled up.
I had two old laptops give up the ghost last week and I am looking around
for another couple of laptops so I can put Ubuntu on this one. I have never
seen so many laptops on sale in all me life...All these decisions, go for
new, or used, what facilities, what price is value for money, where to buy
it EBay, Amazon, or NSA Direct...I can't make up my mind which one to go
for... :-). Too much choice means I will probably take a month of Sundays..
I use ghostery and cc cleaner as well as grisoft avg and one or two other
bits free housekeeping software.
ATB
Dougie.
-----Original Message-----
From: cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of shelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 13 March 2015 00:29
To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cryptome] Re: Netanyahu and Likud could lose election
Doug,
Hey, at least you're using Linux. That's a great start :)
Anytime you see 'utm' in a link (or as part of a cookie stored on your
computer), it refers to Google analytics. It used to be called Urchin way
back when, hence the 'ut'- urchin tracking.
Base URL (which brings up the website, I checked):
http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election
Tracking:
The source, as it says:
&utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition
The specific newsletter it came from:
&utm_campaign=fdb2dcb2d5-2015_03_12
That you got it via email and not from the site itself:
&utm_medium=email
Your personally identifying info in coded form- which links everyone who
clicks on that tracking link back to you:
&utm_term=0_adb46cec92fdb2dcb2d5-5492373
Yeah, I know all the alphabet agencies get everything anyway. Still, why
make it easy for the bastards? That's how I feel about it, anyway.
The thing with Google analytics is that it's ubiquitous. It'll follow you
as you browse the web, building up a profile on you which is shared across
and with other sites unless you block it. There are several good tools you
can use to do this, let me know if you need help with it.
I'm much more of a stickler about this stuff than most of my other infosec
friends, but the tracking irks the crap out of me.
I too get those 419 emails from the Nigerian princes wanting to give me
millions, as well as the penile enhancement pill ads- which would be quite
the miracle indeed, as I have girl parts ;)
-S
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On March 12, 2015 4:39:04 PM "Douglas Rankine"
<douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Shelley,
> Tx for the info and advice...not being a computer savvy techie, can
> you explain how the metadata below shows off my email addy or other
> personal information? John Young has published on this list on a
> couple of occasions the metadata which is contained in my postings,
> which is far more comprehensive, as an example of what is already
> available, with or without additional urls. Is the additional
> information of my including long urls exposing others on this list to
> unnecessary surveillance or risk? If so, I apologise, but I need some
> education on how to avoid it. I wouldn't like to put anyone else at
> risk, but after all, the contents of my postings are available not
> only for everyone on this list, but for all the world to read...
>
> Am I missing something here? If I am please tell me? Is the
> information associated with my postings any different from anyone else
> who contributes to a public mailing list, or writes an email? Can I
> hide my postings or the metadata from the NSA, the C.I.A. the FBI, the
> GCHQ, the FSB, the Chinese Security Service and Uncle Tom Cobley of
> the private international global corporations and trackers and all?
>
> One reason I put out the whole url is because I thought all the
> elements of it were required in case anyone wanted to look at the url.
> If any bit is missing then it doesn't open up the web page, I have
> found in the past. I also use tiny url because I think it makes it
> easier for folks to click on and go to the site, and giving them a
> choice. I dare say that tiny url is also full of trackers. Even
> then, that has been queried as revealing privacy issues.
>
> I must say, I do get offers from people who live in Africa who have
> suffered the most terrible tragedies and use the email address I use
> to post to this list, who want to make me a multi-millionaire in
> return for me to trust them with my name, address, date of birth, bank
> account details, a temptation of which I have managed to resist doing so
far.
>
> And there are one or two other ones which arrive on the problems I
> have with erect penile dysfunction, and offering some medicine or
> other which may or may not improve my stiffness and staying power, or
> produce a heart attack, the last danger they conveniently miss out
> ...though how they know that, I find quite mystifying, as the
> opportunity to prove it would be a fine thing... :-).
> ATB
> Dougie.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of shelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 12 March 2015 22:42
> To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cryptome] Re: Netanyahu and Likud could lose election
>
> On March 12, 2015 3:13:19 PM "Douglas Rankine"
> <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > See url:
> > http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election/?ut
> > m_
> > source
> > =The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition
> > <http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election/?u
> > tm
> > _sourc
> > e=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=fdb2dcb2d5-2015_03_
> > 12 &utm_m edium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-fdb2dcb2d5-54923773>
> > &utm_campaign=fdb2dcb2d5-2015_03_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb4
> > 6c
> > ec92-f
> > db2dcb2d5-54923773
> >
> >
> >
> > Or Tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/pksozfkt
> >
> >
> >
> > Well...that is a turn up for the books...don't believe it
> > meself...but we will see on the day... J.
> >
> > ATB
> >
> > Dougie.
> >
>
> Thanks for the link, but dude, strip off all that tracking next time!
> It identifies you and your email address personally, just fyi.
>
> This is the clean link to the story:
> http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election/
>
> The rest is just useless, privacy-invading tracking.
>
> -S
>
>
>
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